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How to Use a USB Hub for a Nintendo Wii

The Wii, like other seventh-generation home game consoles, comes equipped with USB ports for hooking up various accessories, such as hard drives, mouses or keyboards. Sometimes, the two USB ports on the Wii might not be enough to hold all of your Wii accessories, and a USB hub is required to effectively double the number of USB ports available. Fortunately, a USB hub is as easy to hook up to the Wii as any other accessory.

Things You'll Need

Wii
USB hub

Instructions

- 1
  Connect one end of a USB cable to the upstream USB port of your USB hub. This port should be clearly marked as an upstream port. Additionally, a USB cable will come with any USB hub.
- 2
  Connect the other end of your USB hub to one of the Wii's USB ports, located in the back of the system.
- 3
  Connect your Wii accessories to the downstream USB ports of your USB hub.
- 4
  Turn on the Wii in order to test and use your various devices, which should now be hooked up to your Wii via the USB hub.

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